[Python-Dev] 2.5a2 try/except slow-down: Convert to type?

[Sean Reifschneider]

>Brett provided the following direction:
>   >Right, I meant change how it (BaseException) is written.  Right now
>   >it uses PyMethodDef for magic methods and just uses PyType_New()
>   >as a constructor.  I was wondering if, for some reason, it would be
>   >faster if you used a PyType_Type definition for BaseException and
>   >used the proper C struct to associate the methods with the class.

Just a status update.  Richard has implemented enough of this that I've
been able to run some performance tests, and this changes it this pybench
test from being 57% slower than 2.4.3 to being 32% faster.  Go Richard.
It's looking pretty good so far.

Now we just have to keep it from exploding.

Thanks,
Sean
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